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Josh Griffiths joins the elite field for the 2019 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon October 20th where he will be chasing selection for the British athletics team for Tokyo 2020.

The 25 year old Welshman chose Toronto knowing that the race is serving as the Athletics Canada Olympic Trials race and has attracted a long list of Canadian elites all targeting quick times. His personal best came at April’s London Marathon (2:14:25).

This year’s Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon is both an IAAF Gold Label race AND the trials for 2020 Canadian Olympic team selection.

Two talented Canadians – Rory Linkletter and Evan Esselink – have entered the fray with their youthful ambition. They will face a world class field which includes three Canadian Olympians, Reid Coolsaet, Dylan Wykes and Cam Levins.

Ethiopians Belaynesh Oljira and Bruktayit Eshetu Degefa have confirmed they will chase victory at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, October 20th.

Though they are sometime training partners and share the same coach and manager they are rivals rather than close friends. It will be every woman for herself with the course record, set by Bahrain’s Mimi Belete last year in Toronto (2:22:29) at risk.

Philemon Rono has won the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon twice and run the fastest time ever run on Canadian soil – 2:06:52. He will go for a third victory at the 2019 edition of this IAAF Gold Label race on October 20th.

The 28 year old Kenyan trains with a group that includes world marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge. He says he also wants to lower his record this year.

Three very familiar faces will be among the outstanding Canadian entries for the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon October 20th, all lured by the Athletics Canada National Championship which runs concurrently in this IAAF Gold Label race.

Magdalyne Masai’s performance at the Hamburg Marathon April 28th earned her praise from around the world given that she had run a personal best of 2:26:04 and finished second in the highly competitive race.

Moreover, it earned her an invitation to this year’s Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, October 20th which is, for the fifth consecutive year, a prestigious IAAF Gold Label event.

Both Kinsey Middleton and Malindi Elmore have made immediate impacts on Canadian marathon running with their debut performances.

First, Middleton won the 2018 Canadian Championship in Toronto with a time of 2:32:09 last October and then Elmore finished 7th in Houston (January 2019) to record a time of 2:32:15.

Now their focus is on the Athletics Canada National Championships October 20th. The first Canadian man and woman across the line will earn their place on Canada’s team for the Tokyo Olympics – provided they have run the qualifying standard. For Elmore this would mean a return to the Games. She ran the 1500m for Canada at Athens 2004.

Cam Levins, who famously beat the 43 year old Canadian marathon record at the 2018 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon last year, today announced he will return to this IAAF Gold Label race and attempt to lower the record further.

Levins ran 2:09:25 in Toronto last October in his marathon debut. He represented Canada at the 2012 Olympics (5000m/10000m) and expects to race in Tokyo in the marathon.